Lazio vs. Torino to close Matchday 30
Serie A Enilive will say goodbye to Matchday 30, and March, with Lazio vs. Torino at the Olimpico at 20:45 CET. Marco Baroni’s boys are looking for a win to react after their heavy loss to Bologna which put an end to their streak of six games without defeat. They will need all three points to continue their pursuit of fourth place. Torino will simply want to keep going, having taken ten points from their last four games, winning against AC Milan, Monza and Empoli before drawing last time out against Parma. The goal will be to cement their spot in the top ten.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
After failing to win against Torino in five consecutive Serie A games (D4, L1), Lazio have won each of their last three meetings against the Granata and they could win four matches in a row against this opponent for the first time in the competition. Lazio have lost only two of their 20 home games against Torino in Serie A in the three points for a win era (W8, D10): among the opponents faced more than 15 times at home in the competition in this period, only against Sampdoria (4%) do the Biancocelesti have a lower defeat percentage than against the Granata (10%). After their 2-0 win in Serie A last season at Olimpico, Lazio could win two home meetings in a row without conceding against Torino for only the third time in the competition, having done so between February and October 1951 (two 3-0 wins in that case) and between November 1958 and January 1961 (2-0 and 1-0). Torino have lost only one of their last eight Serie A games against Lazio after an international break (W4, D3): 11th September 1994. The two teams will meet for the first time in such a game in over 16 years (the previous dates back to February 14, 2009, 1-1 at Olimpico).
DID YOU KNOW?
After their 0-5 defeat against Bologna in the last round of Serie A, Lazio could lose two matches in a row without scoring for the first time since November 2021 (0-2 against Juventus and 0-4 against Napoli in that case). Furthermore, the Biancocelesti have not lost consecutive matches in the competition with a margin of at least three goals since January 1985 (0-3 against Fiorentina and 1-4 against Udinese). Torino have won three of their last four Serie A games (D1), as many as in their previous 20 games in the competition (D8, L9). The Granata have lost just one of their 11 league games since the start of 2025 (W4, D6) and only Roma have remained unbeaten in the period in the competition (Bologna and Napoli have also lost just once). Only Milan (270) have completed more dribbles than Lazio (244) in the current Serie A; while only Inter (112) have completed fewer than Torino (123) in the competition this season. Lazio have the highest percentage of successful dribbles in Serie A 24/25 (52%), while they’ve attempted 162 line breaking passes of at least two opposition lines, fewer only than Como (167) and Juventus (183).
PLAYERS
Mattéo Guendouzi has scored two of his three goals in Serie A against Torino, on 22 February and 29 September 2024 (2-0 and 3-2 for Lazio). Among all the 2024/25 competitions, the French player is the Biancoceleste with the most minutes played (3216), the most successful passes in the final third (627), the most chances created from open play (44) and the most recoveries in the final third (16). Eljif Elmas (three goals) and Cesare Casadei (one goal and one assist for the 1999-born player) have been directly involved in four of Torino's last five away goals in Serie A. Since the first time they played in the same match for the Granata in the competition (on 14 February 2025 against Bologna), they have passed the ball to each other 30 times and the only player with whom they have more passes is Cristiano Biraghi (43 passes with the Macedonian and 34 with the Italian).
DISCIPLINE
Suspended: Vecino (Lazio) Cautioned: Isaksen, Belahyane, Guendouzi, Baroni (Lazio); Coco (Torino)
REFEREE
MASSA (VECCHI – RICCI), IV: MASSIMI, VAR: PEZZUTO, AVAR: MARINI
UPCOMING MATCHES IN SERIE A
Atalanta-Lazio (Sunday 6 April, 18.00 CET) Torino-Hellas Verona (Sunday 6 April, 15.00 CET) (Photo Getty Images)